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Hotien' Overhead Ferry. I
The American vice consul In Rouen,
Dcunce. E. M. J. Dollaplane, hns writ
ten to tho Btita departmont an Interest
ing desorlptive letter on the overhend
ferry In use hore across tho Seine. It
ia called the Pont Tninsbordeur. and
he says of It:
"This brldgo, with suspended carrier,
or overhead ferry, Is of especial Inter
eat as bolng tho first of its kind In
Prance, or, for that matter. In Great
Britain or America; 'and to appreciate
properly Its great Importance and
worth one has only to call to mind the
difficulties experienced by engineers
In crossing rivers and channels.
"The system exemplified by the
Tranabordcur here at Houen remedies
many of the dofects nnd drawbacks In
trans-channel trnfllc so apparent In
many brldgo and boat systems. Its ob
rlous advantages are that It leaves tho
channel to bo crossed entirely clear at
all hours without requiring vebscls to
mako anv snecial slanals or modify
their rate of speed any moro than they ,
r would In tho caso of a cross-channel i
ferry, and that no lncroasc of distance
or ascent or descent Is forced on the
traffic In order to cross from one shore
to tho other.
"The essential part of the system
may be described as a horizontal rail- (
way supported by a brldgo spanning
the channel and built up at such a
height as will allow the tallest masted
vessels frequenting tho channel to
pass beneath. Any kind of bridge may .
be used, provided tho rectangular open-1
ing for navigation Is left entirely clear, i
except that the arched bridges, which
would reduce the rectangular area,
must be excluded. Suspension bildges,
-Ifoowever, owing to the facility they of
fer for spanning wide channols, tho
great advantago they possess In per
mitting erection by "launching' with
out anv acaffoldlne Interfering with
the navigation, tho economy of their
construction, the little area they offer
to wind pressure, and, lastly, their
llehtnesa ami elegance, seem to com-1
mend preference In the majority of
cases. This' Is tho kind of bridge In
Rouen."
LtQHT FOR THE "COPPER."
A genus or Camden, N. J., has pat
ented an appliance which he thinks
POLICEMAN'S CLUB LAMP,
will bo of value to tho policeman In
making his rounds at night through
dark alleys and hallways, tho device
being a lamp for Insertion In the end
of tUo club, with means for opening
and closing tho apparatus automatic
ally. Tho flame la produced by either
torch or randlo, which Is mounted on
1 alWlng disk Inside the hollow end
of tho- club, a colled spring back of
the disk forcing It outward as soon
as the button Is pressed to release the
automatic lock. The sliding plate
shown at the sldo la hollow and Is pro
vided with a match holder and an ar
rangement which draws the match
Aud across a roughened plate at Just
tho proper Instant to Ignite It and
light tho wlck ot the cnndlo or lamp
as It Is presented at tho opening In
the eud of the, club. By using this
firm ot lighter the flame can bo In
stantly produced JUBt at too desired
-oouiant tnr una. which in- ' hu d-
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vice much more valuable than If tho
policeman had to strike tho match and
apply It to the wlck himself, nnd n
comparatively strong wind or ralu
should not succeed In extinguishing
tho blaze or preventing the working
of the automatic lighter. The Inventor
also makes mention or a whistle In
sorted In the grip end of the club.
A lloMe't lllrthilar.
"Did you ever hear of a blithdny
party being given for a horse?" said
Lawyer lslilor Goldslrnm to a Balti
more Hun reporter. "Well, I attended
ono recently, und when I leuelvcd tho
Invitation I thought It came from
some one who was 'daffy' or a friend
who delighted In playing Jokes. The
Invitation was neatly got up nnd
signed 'Countess Mny-Bo-Not.' It an
nounced that the party would be held
at ltlce's Ivory stable. North and Mad-
Ison avenues. 1 thought
chance It go and take In
I would
tho svtr-
roundlngs secretly, and If tricked get
away without any one knowing 1 was
there. I nearly forgot the year I was
living In when l saw a crowd of
guests gathered and "Countess May-
Be-Not,' a fine thoroughbred horse,
all decorated with purple-colored rib
bons and the center of attraction.
Robert 8. Welsenfcld, the owner, hail
given the party In the animal's honor.
It was the bamo as any other birth
day party. There was good music, a
luncheon and plenty of liquid refresh
ments to supply enjoyment for the
guests. It seemed that oven the horse
knew what was going on."
SINGLE TREE HAMMOCK.
The novelty of the hammock shown
in tho plctuie consists in Its ability
to keep on the shady side of tho tree
at all hours of the day, nnd It also
SWINOS LATERALLY AROUND
THE THEE,
has the udvantngo of being adapted for
use on n single tree or the sldo of a
house, whero only ono support Is avail
able. Of couise, It will not curve from
end to end like the ordinary ham
mock, but It has a swinging motion of
Its own, and It can be made quite as
comfortable for resting as thoso now
In use. Tho attachment to the treo Is
made by a ball nnd socket Joint nnd
tho two hooks, with the suspending ca
bles, tho Joint allowing tho hammock
to swlug laterally In substantially tho
same piano, oy provming uupm-mo
heads for suspending tho hammock It
can be moved around tho treo Into an
othor position us tho day advances,
thus always keeping under tho shady
sldo of the tree, and when -not In use1
It folds up flat for storage In Btnall
rompats.
llulntT Hnctiet !!(
Llttlo sachet bags of thin Bilk may
be hung unobstruslvely upon tho backs
ot chairs to supply a faint, olusive
scent to a room, If that Is liked. These
should be filled with dried leaves of
sweet geraniums, lemon verbona and
lavender mixed, or of the lemon ver
bena alono If that delightful odor Is
preferred. They mako sweet sachets
for the handkerchief box or tho linen
closet and the bureau drawer
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WHEN TO EXPECT A PANIC '
Kftravaaant DpcrnUtlan In Raat Kitatc
Options f'nrerannnr.
In the opinion of Mr. Alexander II.
Hovell, a writer In the Saturday Evo
nlng Post, unduo speculation In real
estate options Is the Invariable pre
cursor of the llnanclal panic. Tho man
who tnkos his cuo from real twtnto
speculation and begins to husband his
rcsouieoH and prepare for a storm
when he sees this featuro of business
activity reaching beyond the limits of
sound, permanent Investment will gen
erally bo In time to oscnpo tho crash.
If he waits for the beginning of tho
drop In this form of security ho may
depend upon being caught In the
wreck. The earth's surface seems to
be About tho lost thing to which money
desiring quick Increase, in tho form
of speeulatlvo profit, Is Inclined to
turn. All other lorms of security ap
pear more tempting to the speculative
Instinct because more, active and
changeable. So long as tho main
movement of real estate Is In the na
ture of a permanent Investment all Is
well. Then buyers make their pur
chases for personal use, or on the basis
of what tho property will yield In
rentals or steady Income of any na
ture. They nro safe guides. Hut
when men buy this most stable anil
substantial of securities on a "mar
gin" payment to bo sold quickly by
force of high-pressure "booming"
tho creation of an exaggerated view
of values then the time Ih rlpo for
the thoughtful student of affairs to pre
pare for financial trouble.
BRIDE AT LAST SAID "OBEY.'
Hut It Wu Only After tlia (Iroom Had
Htartsd to l.sats.
Being an Kplscopallun I always use
the formal printed service of tho
prayor book. , In this the greatest
stickler Is "obey." One day a couple
came to mo bringing hs witnesses the
parents of both bride nnd groom. Ev
erything proceeded smoothly to the
point, "love, honor and obey," when
the bride refused to say the last. I
lepeuted It und waited. Again she
1 cfused, nnd 1 shut up my book- Then
there was a scene. They talked It over,
and the more seriously they argued
and ilfJscussed the moro stubbornly slit
lefuscd. The parents became angry,
the groom excited and the bride hys
terical. To humor her he Joined In
the reiuest to have me leave It out.
But 1 liked the fellow, and decided
that a little sternness from mo In tho
present might be a favor to him In the
future. So I told them I had no au
thority to change it, nnd would not do
so. I tried to show the foolishness of
her objection, but It wns no use. Fin
ally I sold to him, "Well, this house-
no'd muft have a head somewhere. 1
'" eavc ,l oul '"' ,,er yu win
say It. Then it was nis time to re
fuse, which he did. Ho gathered up
his hat and started for the door, when
she sprang after him, led him back by
the hand, looked meekly up at him anil
ald It. Ladles' Home Journal.
OrlrutUI Swearing.
A professor of languages on his re
turn to England from India ro mnrkod
upon the paucity of Invectives used
by Anglo-Saxons, when compared with
tho abundance known to orientals.
He gives a caso which came under his
own notice. A Hindoo man servant,
whom ho had dismissed for dishonesty,
sought nn Interview with his former
master. When ho found It Impossible
to gnln admission he sat under the
window nnd the "swearing" process
began. He cursed the .profeysor along
the genealogical tree back to tho first
"ancestor of "his1 race. "Then he" dwelt
upon every detail of his anatomy, from
tho top of his head to the end of his
toes. "For three consecutive hours
he sat and sworo," says the professor,
"without once repeating a phrase."
While traveling on the underground
railway In Ixmdon tome men entered
tho same compartment and Inter
spersed their remarks with the com
monest forms of "swearing." The pro
fessor politely naked them to desist,
whereupon he was told to mind his
own business. He at onco commenced
to translato into English somo speci
mens of eastern oaths which ho had
heard. The men shlcsl from him as
if he had the plague, and at the next
station sought another compartment.
l'oor Lo's bHlvatlmi Ii Work.
The attitude of our government to
ward the Indian, In allowing him In
idleness to follow his own untram
meled will ou tho reservation, is a
relic of the old French and Spanish
original dlscoverets. Arc these wards
of the government nover to have
homed, but be always condemned to
tribal relations? Are they never to
know tho mental uplifting (or side
lining or down-lifting) of a wlfe'H
hands, but be always fated to burden
bearing squaw life? Somo day a states
man will arise and point tho way for
theso aboriginal Americans to becomo
men nnd women among us, und truly
citizens, of our states. Until that
time until Indians nro alienated from
their savage surroundings their treat
ment la a proposition not reached by
any pink-tea standard of ethics.
National Maga sine.
1'rlie Pcnnar of Italy.
One ot the most remarkable swords
men of the day In Italy, ono of thoso
Old World nations In which the
knowledge of fencing not only is an
accomplishment, but a prime necessity
of life, Is 12-year-old Slgnor Attlllo
Monferrlto. This lad has Just won
the national fencing tournament In
Bologna, Ills antagonists were the
most celebrated fencers In Italy, In
cluding Sartori, whose assistant At
tlllo used to be. Now the former em
ployer, who was a prize winner In his
day, Is beaten by a mere boy.
IfVflftlA'B FOHEBT8.
Fratsrllrtu a Mrlncsat If instllaUtt
ttrr IVrtoni.
Russia has elaborated a system for
the protection of hr forests as strin
gent In Its provisions as if It wore
Instituted for the protection of human
beings, which In reality It Is, Only uu
much wood may bo cut down annu
ally In each locality as will bo com
pensated for by tho gtowth of the to
nulnlng trees, and all the clearances
made nro Immediately replenished by
.oung plants. Even private owners
of forests aie not permitted to cut
down their tiers except under gov
ernment Inspection. No nbsoluto
ownership In trees Is now recognized,
In fact, but that of tho state. As 11
matter of fact, h very lultfo part of
the Russian forests belong entirely to
the Mate. The largest private, or rath
er Sviiil-prlvale. proprietor Is tho ad
ministration of tho imperial appan
ages, which possess numerous es
tates, tho revenue from which ure
devoted excluelvoly to tho support of
tho mrmhtrs of the Russian Imperial
family. The total area of these estates
Is a good deal over twenty million
acres. Being situated In tho most di
verse districts, an extraordinary va
riety of iuh-troplcnl and temperate
natural productions Is cultivated, In
cluding sugar, tobacco, cotton, wine,
tea, fruit, roses, as well ns grain of
every kind. The pitnclpal cultuie, how
over, ot any rate In extent, Is timber,
forests, coveting nearly tlftcen mil
lion aeii"- of the. total. In the explor
ation of thi'bi' forests tho greatest can
has to bo given. Pearson's Magazine
for June.
STEALS LIVE HONEY BEES.
fltoraia Tiller lot Ar with a Nol
lilt of riumUr.
Tho thief In not cry choice about
what he steals these days. Not very
many months ago the Mneon Telegraph
lelatod an instance where somebody
had stolen a led-hot stovo from tho
kitchen ot a Walnut .street residence
while supper was being cooked. Now
conies a man who stole four beehives
In which went a myriad of tho little
stingers. It Is well known that a pro
fessional chicken thief has a language
by which he can persuade tho barn
yard fowls to keep a deadly silence
at night while he picks over tho lot of
them nnd Inveigles Into a sack those ou
which his fancy becomes fixed, but it
Is rather surprising to hear that any
man can make bees understand that
they must not sting him ns ho lifts a
busy hive to his shoulder in the dead
hour of tho night nnd marches ncro3s
country with it. This is whnt has been
done, however. In a neighborhood
through which Ross street runs a bco
farm was robbed night before last und
lour big hives wore carried so far that
tho bees havo not yet found their way
back to their old Uoniea. It is said
that when bees want to go to any
particular place they riso In tho air
and circle around until they find the
proper direction, nnd thou make what
is commonly known as a "bee line,"
going utrnlghtor to the place than a
crow could fly.
Hcoli llsit au Ufa lo llmlnais.
Tho medlevnl university differed In
many respects from our Idea of a mod
ern university. It wah primarily a
guild of teachers und scholars, formed
for common protection and mutual aid.
It was a republic of letters, whose
members were exempt from all serv
ices private and public, all personal
taxes and contributions, and from all
civil procedure In courts ot law. Tho
teaching function was often secondary
nnd often entirely "overlodked. ' The
Scottish university from the begin
ning, however, emphasized the teach
ing function and cieated an ntmos
phere academic rather than civil or
political. The enrly curriculum was
crude, but fully ubreast of the ago,
comprising In tho main, philosophy,
theology, canon and civil law. ' All In
struction was In Latin and the writing
of Latin dissertation? was the dally
task ot the student a straight and
narrow way of learning. Scrlbner's
Magazine.
Dcellna In llrltlnti Agriculture.
The agricultural returns for 1900, Just
inbtied, show that tho decline of Brit
ish nprlculturu still pursues Its painful
course. Thojirea under com cropH In
Great L'lltr.ln, which a generation ago,
In 1870, wa:i 0,548,000 acres, has fallen
to 7,335,000 ucres; that Is to say It Is
less by one-quarter than It was then.
Tho area under green crops has ulso
fallen almost as heavily while only
tho acreage laid down In grass nnd
clover shows an increase. In horses,
cattle, sheep and pigs, there Is a slight
advnnco In the period, but not such
as to keeptpacc with tho Incrcaso in
population or to compensate for tho
diminished corn production. Tho
England which used to grow her own
corn and to feed herself Is becoming
each year moro dependent upon lm
portntlonp. '
Widowhood In Huroatra.
In Sumatra tho wlnU decides the
length of time a widow should remain
single. Just after her hHspauirs aoatn
ahe plants a flagstaff at her door, upon
which a flag Is raised. While the flag
remains untorn by tho wind tho eti
quette of Sumatra forbldB her to mar
ry, but at tho first rent, however tiny,
she enn lay aBlde her weeds, assume
her most bewitching smile and accept
tho first man who presents himself.
Mountain of tlm Monk.
Tn the "Mountain of the Monks,"
on the coast ot Macedonia, there are
twenty monasteries. The place is
sacred to the male sex, and no woman
la allowed tocross its borders.
WANT HARDY CHANGE
EXPERIMENTS IN HYBRIDIZA
TION BY GOVERNMENT.
(rang Trm 'Hint (Iron n Far Norih
Maryland, Indian, Krnlttfkr anil
Mlnmirl lit fruit Kuiiljr ami Unlit
for Fwnd.
A large nop of paper bags seems to
be the yield of u llttlo treo which
stands In the gi omuls of tho Depart
ment of Agriculture at Washington.
Thrfnj are about fifty of those, bags,
each with tho neck firmly, as close, In
spection discloses, about ono trf thtj
terminal twigs. Tho effect Is rather
giottfsque. The tree Is the particular
charge of Pi of. Herbert J, Wobbur,
who, with his assistant, Is irnponslblo
for (ts bagging. It Is a spnetes ot or
lingo tree, the variety having been
hi ought to thf United States from
China about ton years ago with tho idea
of using It fur hedges, it Is evergreen,
grows about thirty foot high, and has
sharp thorns. The fruit Iff small and
unity, and quite unlit for food. But
the fact that It tlourlshivi us far north
ns Maryland, Kentucky, Indiana and
i Mlssouil gives It a great value to tho
scientists who are experimenting with
a view to seeming a moio hardy breed
of orange. And this Is tho explanation
of the crop of papor bags. Tito blos
soms of tho treo have Just been crossed
with the St. Michaels nnd Sangulna
oranges, which nro the standard vail
otles of sweet Florida fruit. Irof. Web
ber Ib trying to secure a hybrid which
will retalp. tb" edible qualities of tho
sweet Florida orange, and at tho same
time pieserve tho haidlness of tho Chi
nese mother treo. Ono plant with theso
characteristics would bo woith moro
than n bonanza gotd mine. It would
servo ns the parent stock for thousands
of plants which would be grown
throughout tho Onlf states, involution
Izing the agricultural Industries there,
and yielding millions to tho growers.
Experiment with this end In view be
gan sevetal years ngx. At Hie present
time tho department has about 300 hy
brid seedlings. It Is expected that some
of theso will bear their llrst fruit this
fall, though the majority of them will
not appear much before next year. Tho
300 hybrid seedlings which Prof. Web
ber has seemed represent a deal of pa
tient labor. To cross varieties which
are closely related is n comparatively
simple 'mutter: but the Chlncso orange
and tho Florida vurlety havo been long
separated, and hnvo grown In
such different environments, that they
havo almost forgotten that they be
long to the same genus, and they do
not take kindly to each other. Conse
quently not more thun one blossom
out of a hundred fertilized with the
foreign pollen bears fruit: and then
not moro than seven out of fifteen
seeds In that fruit will germinate and
produce a plant. The paper bags aro
used to protect tho flowor which has
been fertilized with tho pollen of tho
sweet orange. Tho first step In tho op
eration of cross-fertillzutlou Is tho re
moval of tho pollen-bcarlng stamen
from tho blossom. This Is dono with
small scissors and pincers. Tho potals
are also removed leaving tho stigma
exposed. This Is nil dono before the
blossoms are fully opened; for by that
time there Is danger that bees or other
Insects might have carried tho pollon
from some open blossom and deposited
It on tho stigma. When tho stamen has
been romplotely removed pollen is
gathered from the blossoms of the
trees in tho government grconhousos
and shaken lightly upon tho prepared
flowor. Then the bag Is tied tightly In
place to make suro that no pollen from
tho same treo becomes mingled with
that already used. After the fruit has
had time to begin forming tho bags nre
removed and the twig Is mnrked with
a tag giving the name of the other pa
rent. As soon us the seedlings bud thoy
aro sent to different parts of the coun
try to bo grafted on plants which have
already been started, Thus it Is soon
discovered whether the plant" Is sufil
clently hardy, und the only remulnlng
question Is ns to the quality of the
fruit. Now York Sun.
If First ir.
"Maria," said a business man, resid
ing In tho suburbH. to his wife, "you
havo been wanting a telephone In the
house for a long time. Tho workmen
will come and put ono In to-day. Cull
me up, nfter they have gone nway, to
see tf It works all right." Late In tho
nftcrnoon there was a call at the tele
phono In his otllco downtown. Putting
tho receiver to his ear, ho recognized
the voice of his wife, pitched In a
somewhat high key. "Is that you.
James." alio asked. "Yes." "Will you
please go out right now and mall that
letter I gave you this morning?" Ho
had forgotten It. of cou je, and ho
obeyed. Youth's Companion.
riui of Flora MwoDoiialil.
On the base of th'e Flora Mucdounld
statue on tho, Castle hill, Inverness,
thero has Just boon engraved a son-
tence in Gaelic wntcii in English
rends: "So long as' flower grows on
tleld the tamo of tho gentlo lady will
I 8t."
Immediately undernent,h there
Is tho following quotation from Samuel
Johnson: "The preserver of Prince
Charles Edward Stuart will be men
tinned in history, und, If courago and
fidelity be virtues, mentioned with
honor,"
FUa UUIIka Tar l'apar.
A writer tn thn .Canadian Entomolo
gist states that In Australia, whoro
fleas aro plenty, tho pooplo keep tholr
houses free from them by the use of
tar paper, us they havo found that
fleaa will not stay whero It Is. Ho
nlBo says that upon trying It In Can
ada It worked llko a charm.
THE AMERICAN WOMAN".
rrnrauor Kfrattitnatloa of 1igh4t
(,'nltiir In Thl t.anrf.
"In America, on tho othor hand, the
women nro tho real supporters of the
Ideal endeavors; in not a tew flolda
their lutlitonco Is tho decisive ono; In
all fields this influence Is felt, nnd th
whole xyttom tends ever moro and
moio to push tho men out und tho
v.omei In," says Professor Miinster
liorg In the International Monthly for
June. "Theater niauagcrs claim that
85 per tent of their patrons are
women. No onu ran doubt that tho
Bamo percentngo would hold for thos?
who attend art exhibitions, and oven
for those who fowl niigazines nnd llt
eiary work In general, und wo might
as well continue wltU the amo arbi
trary figure. 'Cain wtPdeny that there
aro about 8I por cent tot women among
thoso who attnnfl frolic lectures, or
who go to eoncurriO, 'a'raong those who
look nfter public 'crmrltlca nnd the
work of the churches?' I rfo not re
member ever to have boon In a Ocr
nutn exhibition where at lenat half ot
those i. recent were not men,, but I do
lemrmher art exhibitions In. Boston,
Now York and Chicago wtrero accord
ing tomy actual count tho man In the
hull were less than ft per cent of thoso
piesont. As n matter of coursn tho
patron determines tho direction which
tho development will take. Ad the
,u)llttcnl reader la more responsible
for the yellow prcsB thnu Is the ed
itor, so nil the non-polltlcal functions
of public life must slowly tako, under
these conditions, the stamp of thn
f'tuliiluu tasto and typo, which must
have again the further effect of re
pelling man from It moro nnd more.
The result Is an effomlnatlon of tho
higher culture, which Is antagonistic
lo the development of a really repre
sentative national civilization"
rTi IltfIUr at' Mlripr,
People who only know tho gayer sldo
ot Dleppo would bu surprised to hear
of tho existence of tho unvo-dwullors
there. Ono ts apt to connect such peo
ple with tho gnawed bonus und flint
Implements of prehistoric times; hut
hero they aro at Dieppe, within a
stone's throw of tho Casino, and they
may bo seen any day about the town,
selling tho H,Uolllsh fiom tho rocks out
side thnlr habitations. Thoy havo cer
tain marked characteristics, ono being
a peculiar complexion of their own
that can bo ttaeed largely to a dis
inclination on the part of the cave
dweller to avail himself of the wator
that washes so close to his door. Their
language, also, Is peculiar: hut wheth
er It really belongs to the stone ago
no ono seems to havo discovered. They
havo to hold a license from tho mu
nicipality, though, which iiuvors of no
ugo hut the present.
Thf. Straw Hat.
Tho stylo In straw hats has reached
tho commonsenso point. It is no
longer necessary for a moon-facod
man to clap a tiny "lid" on his had
not much bigger than a pancake to
show the world that ho Is in the fash
Ion. Wo hat makers havo remodlod all
that by making tho same hat in dif
ferent shapes. That Is to say, given
a hat for a certain stylo say stiff rim,
stiff strnw, regulation black baud, etc.
wc van make modifications of this
lint. While preserving tho same gon
oral style, wo make tho crown higher
In one hat, tho rim wider or nar
rower, with tho result that a man with
most any kind of a head or physiog
nomy enn get n hat that will become
him. This Ib true of straw hats of
ovory description, whether tho shunts
be fedora or round-crowned with
turneil-up rlmB." New York Telj
gram. CfMtly Trl lo th Arctic.
It costs about 125,000 to fit out fur
a season's voyage to tho Arctic such
a vessel aa that for tho Peary expedi
tion, which satis In July, or that for
the Baldwin expedition, which alui
sails noxt month. The fare for tho
round trip, it any passengers ure taken,
is usually 500. Members ot the crew
of an Arctic ship are puld about u
fifth more than on ordinary voyages.
Tho captain will receive about $12fa
mouth, tho mntea and engineers par
haps foO to 175, and thn seamen $3"
a month. Theo wanes. It la always
stipulated beforehand, must be paid
promptly and regularly to the mon's
families in Newfoundland or Nova Sco
tia. There aro usually 10 to 20 " nij
In the crow.
t.'alcililii? 1'itnini 'ii' T,iriil Mli
Several of the codfish set free by th
United States fish commission .at
Wood's Hole.1 Inst winter after .they
had boon marked with tags uhowlhrf
their weight have bcon caught by the
Nantucket fishermen. None of, tho
fish had gained much In walglit. ..Flsh
A. 530, released near Wood's Hole on
Jan? 10, was caught on Qulrttftt'xm
April 27. Fish V, 32. released near
Nobska on Dec. 21. 100i, nnd A. 522,
pot free In Great Harbor, Wore also
caught off Quldntt, und a d6zon or
moro flali liberated at wooijs.noie on
Jan. 10 have been cuught oft 'Sconwet
50 miles away.
Tlialr School I.unrlivon.
In tho rural districts of Franco
ovory pupll,,'boyVr girl, takes; to
schoci In' tho morning n handful ot
vegetables and puts them in, .a large
pan of water. They are waau)dby
ono of the oldor pupils, who talfe.turn
nt performing this duty. Then tho
vegetables aro placed In a kottlo with
water and a pleco ot pork, and aro
cooked while tho lessons are going on.
At 11:30 o'clock each member of tho
co-operative association has a bowl of
hot soup. To cover Ufevcost otjfituol
and meat thoso pupils who can afford
It pay from 2 to 4 sous a month.
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